File photo of relatives of victims of the Hathras stampede at Bagla District Hospital, in Hathras, where over 100 were killed and several injured in the stampede, according to officials. | Photo Credit: PTI
The opposition has stepped up its counter-narrative of being a ‘real Hindu’ in the Lok Sabha after the uproar over Rahul Gandhi’s comments
A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his BJP colleagues accused the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi of insulting the Hindu community, the opposition leader created a “true Hindu” counter-narrative while speaking on the Motion of Thanks to the President for his speech in Parliament. Congress leader KC Venugopal asserted that the BJP is using Hinduism to polarize people and win elections. He pointed out how the BJP lost Banswara in Rajasthan and Banaskantha in Gujarat even as the Prime Minister said the Congress would capture it. mangalsutra and buffaloes from Hindus and give away to minorities.
Hathras Stampede: Yogi Adityanath is likely to visit Hathras on July 3
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is likely to visit Hathras on July 3 after a stampede during a religious congregation in which more than 60 people were killed, a senior government official said. The official said the UP Chief Minister took stock of the situation around the clock. UP Chief Secretary Manoj Kumar Singh and DGP Prashant Kumar have been directed to the spot. A team comprising ADG Agra and Aligarh Divisional Commissioner has been formed to probe the cause of the incident. The report should be submitted within 24 hours, the UP Government said in a statement.
Women in the Chopra whipping incident refused to meet the West Bengal Governor
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose was on Tuesday forced to cut short his visit to north Bengal after the woman, who was seen publicly beaten in a video that went viral, allegedly refused an audience with the State’s administrative chief. “The victims want to be left alone, and I will respect the right,” Mr Bose told reporters at his guest house in Siliguri in north Bengal, before returning to Delhi.
Bihar moved the Supreme Court against the Patna High Court order canceling the 65% quota.
The Bihar government moved the Supreme Court on Tuesday, challenging the Patna High Court’s directive to ‘set aside’ the increase in state reservation for disadvantaged communities, from 50% to 65%. These are quotas for Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), extremely backward classes (EBC), and other backward classes (OBC) in government jobs and educational institutions. The Bihar government’s appeal before the top court was filed through lawyer Manish Kumar. “Yes, the state government has filed an appeal in the Supreme Court today and our lawyer Ayush Anand has also filed a caveat in the court to hear our side,” Patna HC senior lawyer Dinu Kumar, who represented the petitioners against the quota hike, told The Hindu.
There is no off-limits topic for Modi’s discussions with Putin: the Kremlin
Due to the “very trusting nature” of the relationship between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, no topic is off-limits to the two leaders when they meet here, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday. The date of Mr. Modi’s visit to Moscow will be announced later, but preparations are in the final stages, Mr. Peskov said.
To MVA’s surprise, Uddhav’s aide Milind Narvekar was the 3rd candidate for the MLC polls
The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) on Tuesday fielded a third candidate for the July 12 Maharashtra Legislative Council polls despite having only two candidates elected to the Upper House of the State Legislature. The surprise candidate of Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray’s close aide, Milind Narvekar came on the last day to file his nomination for the election for 11 seats, where there are currently 12 candidates. Thackeray’s Pradnya Satav-led Party’s alliance partner Congress while Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) supports the Farmers and Workers’ Party of India led by MLC Jayant Patil.
Maliwal wrote to the CM, demanding that the Minister ‘dismantle’ the DCW; AAP calls him ‘puppet’ of BJP
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha member Swati Maliwal on Tuesday wrote to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal alleging “systematic dismantling” of the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) by ministers since her resignation as the panel’s chairman. The charge drew a sharp response from the AAP, which accused him of acting as a “puppet” in the hands of the BJP. In response, the BJP held the AAP government responsible for the “sad state” of DCW. “This is proof that Kejriwal is insensitive to women’s safety,” the party said in a statement.
India are an amazing team, they don’t need any artificial help
Perhaps it is a continuum – and the cricket team is only part of it. Is insecurity built into our system? A wariness about some and less powerful turning tables on many and powerful? India, one of the two best all-format teams in all three finals in the space of a year, lost two to the other top team, Australia. But the Board of Control for Cricket in India, the most powerful body in the game, felt the need to provide artificial aid. Rohit Sharma and his band are looking for people who deserve more than this; they were good enough to win without the embarrassing help of BCCI.
The IAF chief inaugurated the newly established weapons systems school
Indian Air Force Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari on Tuesday inaugurated the newly established Weapons Systems School (WSS) at Air Force Station Begumpet, Hyderabad. This follows the agreement to create a new Weapons Systems (WS) branch in 2022. “The new branch will have four streams; the flying stream to operate weapons and systems on air platforms like the Sukhoi-30 MKI and C-130J; the remote stream to operate remotely piloted aircraft ; mission commanders and operators for Surface to Air and Surface-to-Surface weapon systems, and intelligence streams to handle space-based intelligence and imagery,” the IAF said in a statement.
Jaishankar represented India in place of Modi at the SCO summit in Kazakhstan
Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar reached Astana in Kazakhstan on Friday, to lead the Indian delegation Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) The Council of Heads of State in place of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 3 and 4, the External Affairs Minister said. Leaders of other countries in the Eurasia group, which was recently added to include Belarus this year, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif and the Presidents of Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan will be hosted by Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev at the summit. Chinese President Xi Jinping landed in Astana for a State visit and a bilateral meeting ahead of the SCO, while Iran’s President may not be able to attend as the country is in the midst of elections.
Nadda defended the government in the Rajya Sabha, against opposition attacks on economy, education
Amid continuous attacks from the opposition benches in the Rajya Sabha on the second day of the debate on the Motion of Thanks to President Droupadi Murmu for his speech in the joint session of Parliament, the BJP sent the president, the Union Health Minister and the Upper House leadership. House JP Nadda to counter the attack. Mr. Nadda targeted the Congress and said that the party which imposed Emergency and tried to dilute reservation is now talking about democracy and protecting reservation.
Israel pounds Gaza after the evacuation order
Israeli forces launched a deadly offensive on Tuesday in southern Gaza against militants after issuing an evacuation order that the UN agency said would affect 2,50,000 Palestinians. Witnesses reported intense shelling and shelling around Khan Younis, the main city of southern Gaza, from which the Israeli army withdrew in early April after months of fighting. Hospital sources in the city said the attack killed eight people and wounded more than 30 others.
